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Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

J. E. FISHER.

VEEIGLE WHEEL.

(No Model.)

ijiNTTen STATES liaTnNT Tries,

JOE),T E. FISHER, OF BOSTON,yMASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO VHITFIELD IV. BAXTER, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,711, dated February 12, 1889. Application filed November 8, 1888. Serial No. 290,264. (No model.)

To all IN1/om z't may conee'n: v

Be it known that I, JOHN E. FISHER, a eitizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the eounty of Suffolk and State of Massaehusetts, have invented eertain new and useful Improvements in.Vehiele-IVheels; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, sueh as will enable others skilled in theart to whieh it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheels, and it is to prevent the fiattening and breaking down of the felly and tire of the wheel at the place where the seetions of the folly are joined together whieh eoines midway between two of the spokes, and therefore eauses' the ifelly to be the weakest at that point.

The invention is Carried out as follows, refu erenee being had to the aeeompa-nyin draww ings, wherein- Figure l represents a side elevation, partly in section, of a wheel. provided with my improvement. gitudinal section of a portion of a wheel provided with m v improvement, an d showin gsaid improvement in side elevation. 3 represents a plan view of a portion of the rim of a wheel with the tire removed. Fig. i represents a perspective view of my improved truss or support for the wheel; and Figs. and (5 represent plan views of a portion of the rim of a wheel with the tim removed, showing modifications of my truss or support.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they oeeur on the different parts of the drawings.

IIeii'etofore the sections of the :felly of a wheel have been butted aga-inst eaeh other and joined together by means of a dowel and the felly held against the inside of the tire b v means of a elasp and tire-bolts; but sueh a construction is defective on aeeount of the splitting of the felly by the dowel when a heavy load is being carried by the wheel. After the fellyhasbeeome split, as above mentioned, the tire will Commence to flatten, and

a continued use of the wheel will break the felly off at the places where the spokes enter the felly.

Fig. 2 represents a detailed lon-l This invention is to obvia-te this defeet .in the eonstruetion of a wheel, and it is earried out as follows:

a on the drawings represents the hub, b b the spokes, c o two abutting seetions of the folly, and d the tire of a wheel in the usual manner, and form no part of my present invention. The seetions e e of the folly are joined together midwaybetween two of the spokes l) h, and are provided at that place with a longitudinal groove or reeess on the outside, which extends nearly the entire distanee between the spokes. YVithin this reeess I plaee the metal. truss or support e, which is of such a form that the outer edge of the truss will. just eoneide with the outer eireumferenee of the telly of the wheel when the truss is placed within the reeess in the felly, and will rest against the inside of the tire. The boltsff and the clasp g hold the tire and the felly and truss iirmly together, and they are made in the usual manner.

e e represent bearing-plates, east or otherwise made in one pieee with the truss e, and one or more of sueh plates are made at or near the extreme ends of the truss. These plates are adapted to rest in suitable recesses on the outside of the fell y to support the truss at its ends nearly, if not directly, over the spokes b l). Thus it will be seen that any pressure on the tire of the wheel tending to break down the felly at the joint will be resisted by the truss and its bearing-plates, which in turn will be supported by the spokes.

c2 e? represent ri vets o r bolts passing through the telly, one on eaeh side of the joint, and also through perforations in the truss. The rivets e2 ci tend to keep the telly from splitting, and also to hold the truss within the recess before the tire has been set on the wheel. It is not essential that the rivets should be used, as the truss may be made to fit the re cess Close enough to keep it in place; but I prefer to use the rivets, espeeially on heavy wheels.

In Fig. I have shown a modifieation of my invention, in which I provide the truss with two bends, e52 e?, so as to bring the bearingplates midway between the sides of the felly, as the bolts ff', being in the eenter of the telly, would necessitate the placing of the truss a little on one side of the center if the truss were made straight, as shown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, and 5 I have shown the bearing-plates c e as being made of circular form; but this is not essential, as they might be made of rectangular form, as shown in Fig. 6, or of any other form, as may be desired; but I prefer to make them circular, as they can be'more easily lel: into the felly by the use of a common bit.

This invention is very simple, cheap, and durable, and will cause a Wheel to Wear much longer than one made in the common Way of making Wheels.

I am aware that Wheels have been made having a plain sheet of metal inserted Within a recess in the felly of the wheel and secured by a number of rivets passing through said felly and sheet of metal; but I do not claim such a construction as my invention, as itwill not accomplish the purpose Idesire to accomplish.

Having thus fully described the construction, operation, and use of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patentl. In a vehicle-Wheel, the truss e, adapted to be placed Within a recess in the felly of the'wheel, and'having the bearing-plates e e made at or near the eXtreme end of said truss, for the purpose set forth and described.

2. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination of the truss e, bearing-plates e e', made at or near the extreme ends of said truss, and one or more rivets or bolts, c'2 c?, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a vehicle-wheel, the ltruss e, having` bearing-plates e e madeat or near the eX- treme ends of said truss, as described, placed within a recess in the felly of the Wheel, in combination with the clasp g and bolts f f as and for the purpose set forth.y

4. In a vehiclevheel, the hub a, spokes l? b, felly c c', tire d, truss e, having bearing-plates e e made at or near the extreme ends of said truss, rivets c2 c2, clasp g, and bolts ff, all combined and arranged in a manner and 'for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

,JOHN E. FISHER.

IVtneSSeS:

HENRY CHADBOURN, MARTHA C. FISHER. 

